臓

See also 臟

Translingual

shinjitai	臓
simplified	脏
traditional	臟

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 臟 (藏 → 蔵).

In current form Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic ⺼ (“body”) + phonetic 蔵 – a kind of body part.

Han character

臓 (radical 130 肉+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月廿戈尸 (BTIS), composition ⿰月蔵)

1. internal organs, viscera

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 998, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29995
• Dae Jaweon: page 1448, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 3, page 2120, character 5
• Unihan data for U+81D3

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Japanese

Kanji

臓 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぞう (zō), そう (sō)
• Kun: はらわた (harawata)

Compounds

• 心臓 (しんぞう, shinzou)

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Korean

Hanja

臓 (hangeul 장, revised jang, McCune-Reischauer chang, Yale cang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

臓 (pinyin zàng (zang4), Wade-Giles tsang⁴)